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By Alex Hartley

This is an edited transcript of Episode 59 of On the Poddy.  It was part of Issue #004 of j-walk magazine.

Dave: We’re talking about families today which is part of our j-walk issue number 4 which I guess is about parents… It’s Sunday night just after church, we’ve just enjoyed some pizza and I thought we’d kick off quickly talking to Dan. Tell us about your parents, we had your mum on the show two weeks ago, two episodes ago… -

Dan: Delightful.

Dave: It was delightful to have your mum on the show she loves you… -

Dan: She didn’t sound very much like my mum. Read the rest of this entry »

The Parents Issue

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Guest Authors include: John Piper, John Dickson and Michael Corbett-Jones.

PARENTS - We talk about divorced parents, deceased parents, separated parents, Christian parents, non-Christian parents + more.

This podcast is long. But very good. Listen and then share it with your friends. We hope that this podcast will help you to see that there are others who are going through what you’re going through. And we hope that you will see that God is our Rock who can be trusted in tough times.

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By Kelly Haynes

Just like every relationship in this world, a parent child relationship is imperfect, broken or fallen. I’m sure that every child can say that their relationship with their parent/guardian is not perfect and that it can be really difficult at times. Personally, I have a pretty good relationship with my parents. When I say that it doesn’t mean that we don’t have arguments or fights (because believe me we have definitely had our fair share of them), I just mean that  I have a close relationship with them and love them very much. But unfortunately for a lot of people this relationship can often be hurtful, challenging and hard. Children can be hurt from this relationship (parent/child)in many different ways; abuse, separation/divorce, difference in personalities. But there is also the challenge and hurt that comes along with the death of a parent and that is what has happened to me…………………. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jackson Stace

10 - Try and do what they say. Even if this is sometimes hard, at least let them know you’re making an effort.

9 - Put yourselves in their shoes… and see how long it takes for them to find them.

8 - Surprise them with good stuff. Tidying your room after your mum has asked you seven times isn’t treating her well. Keeping it tidy or tidying it before she asks is.

7 - Every now and then pretend that your parent’s attempts at engaging with your generation actually work. “Yeah dad, Myplace is a cool zone to unload pictures from my songpod onto the world wide web” Read the rest of this entry »